“Decades-Long Pursuit: Crime Branch’s Arrest of 77-Year-Old Murder Suspect”

A 77-year-old man, identified as Ramdas alias Tillu, was arrested by the crime branch for the murder of a truck helper over a property dispute in Delhi’s Okhla back in 1997.

After committing the crime, Ramdas fled to Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where he changed his identity and procured a fake identity card.

It was found that he had converted himself into a saint and was frequently roaming at various religious locations, including Haridwar and Rishikesh.

The team of crime branch received a tip-off that Ramdas might be staying in Rishikesh. They conducted field recce in Rishikesh near his last location and voluntarily worked as ‘bhandara’ distributors in the temples near the location.

The team identified him after continuously working as volunteers for three days and finally nabbed him from near Geeta Bhawan in Rishikesh.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime) Amit Goel said that the team had to work as volunteers in ‘bhandara’ for three days to identify and arrest the accused.